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Carl Freiherr Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929)

Born in Austria.
He invented the incandescent mantle of gauze containing oxides of thorium and cerium.
Alfred Werner (1866-1919)

Born in France.
He introduced the concept of coordination theory of valence.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1913.
Frederick Wohler (1800-1882)

Born in Germany.
He was the first to synthesize an organic compound.
He isolated aluminium as a gray metallic powder.
He isolated beryllium.
William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1829)

Born in England.
He discovered palladium, rhodium, and cystine.
Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979)

Born in United States.
He synthesized quinine, cholestrol, chlorophyll, and cobalamin.
He established the structure of aureomycin and terramycin.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1965
Karl Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884)

Born in France.
He discovered phosphorus oxychloride and aldol.
He discovered method of producing esters and paraffin hydrocarbons using alkyl halides and sodium in ether.